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This paper attempts to discover configurations of inter-related variables affecting a dependent variable, sustainability of social enterprises, using QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis) method. Although there have been many studies on social enterprises both in Korea and abroad, most of them have been carried out by using interview or questionnaire, resulting in that different combinations of independent variables affecting sustainability of social enterprises have rarely been identified. In order to tackle such problem, this study employes QCA method and puts forward more practical measures to strengthen sustainability of social enterprises. The research results show that four kinds of configurations explaining sustainability of social enterprises in Korea have been found out, providing academics and practitioners with significant policy-related and theoretical implications as well.